File Naming Element "([length_mmss])" outputs "(12.27.13)" instead of "(4.14)" - why?

[wmoonshine]

When I first switched to dBpoweramp Music Converter R12.2 Registered from R11.5 Registered I found the [length] naming element no longer produced an output in mm.ss (minutes.seconds), but in milliseconds. In R12.3 you added back in the elements [length_mmss] & [length_hhmmss].

After upgrading to R12.4 and testing on two different CD's, I find the [length_mmss] outputting a bogus hh.mm.ss value in the filename. For example:

Eva Cassidy - Drowning in the Sea of Love (1992) (12.42.02).ape
Liona Boyd - Fantasy on a Romantic Theme (1994) (12.27.13).ape

The filenames should have been written as:
Eva Cassidy - Drowning in the Sea of Love (1992) (4.19).ape
Liona Boyd - Fantasy on a Romantic Theme (1994) (4.14).ape

Has anyone else experienced this problem? Is this a bug or did something screw up during my installation of the music converter?

[LtData]

[length_mmss] works fine for me. Try uninstalling dMC, rebooting, and reinstalling to see if that fixes it.

[Spoon]

Are you saying that an earlier R12.x did not have the problem? What is the source audio for the time (it is taken from the source), hold the mouse over and see which length is reported by dBpoweramp.

[wmoonshine]

Just did a test rip of the track, "Liona Boyd - Spirit of the Moving Waters" with "3:59" showing in the Length column of dBpoweramp CD Ripper and with the following name string,

"[artist] - [title] ([year]) ([length_mmss])"

and this is what I got:

Liona Boyd - Spirit of the Moving Waters (1994) (11.43.14).ape

Moving the mouse cursor over the filename in Windows Explorer reports length = 3 minutes 59 seconds.

Next, I will try uninstall and reinstall of dBpoweramp CD Ripper.

PS: Looks like I submitted my original message to the wrong forum; should have been "CD Ripper, Secure Ripping & AccurateRip", not "Music Converter (dMC)".

[LtData]

Moved to CD ripper forum.

If you right-click on the file and go to properties and go to the "Audio Properties" tab that dMC has, what does it say the length is?

[wmoonshine]

Read next reply.

(messed up this one by sending the Post with a table in it, not realizing HTML code = OFF, with a rather unreadable result!)

[Spoon]

Confirmed bug, will add to the fixing list (this bug seems to be only from CD Ripper, not if converting the files with naming).

[wmoonshine]

Update on Progress with CD Ripper [length_mmss] Naming Element Problem


According to SPOON&*8217;s last reply this appears to be a bug in the Ripper, so the following info is rather redundant, but I&*8217;m sending it anyway since it was to be part of my previous post at 01:16 AM today which was a copy of an MS Word doc with tables which didn&*8217;t translate very well!

1. Downloaded dBPowerAmp again (just in case the first download was corrupted)
2. Uninstalled dBPowerAmp and all its codecs.
3. Re-installed dMC-R12.4-Ref-Registered.exe into my Administrator Account.
4. In the dBpoweramp Configuration / Music Converter &*8220;Music Converter Debug = ON&*8221;.
5. Started CD Ripper in my Administrator Account and Ripped track 4 from another CD with the following resulting filename and rip data:
Alex Komodore &*8211; Koyunbaba, Suite (Op. 19), Moderato (1994) (10.15.02).mp3
I did not have this problem with R12.2 and it seems to be independent of Codec used (tried MP3, Monkeys Audio & Wave).

CD Ripper Data
Track ===> 4
Artist ===> Alex Komodore
Track Title ===> Koyunbaba, Suite (Op. 19), Moderato
Year ===> 1994
Length (shown in CD Ripper) ===> 3:29
Rip to ===> mp3 (Lame); Quality (VBR); Encoding = Normal
DSP ===> None
Naming ===> [artist] &*8211; [title] ([year]) ([length_mmss])
Ripping Method ===> Burst [same results with Secure Rip]
Ripper Options / Meta Data / Write Length ID Tag ===> ON

Resulting File Data
File Properties / Audio Properties / Length ===> 3:29
File Pop-Up Information, Length (following &*8216;Original Size&*8217;) ===> 3:29
Length value shown in Windows Explorer Status Bar ===> Length : 3:29
Pop-Up Information, Length (at end of Pop-up Tips, caused by &*8220;Ripper Options / Meta Data / Write Length ID Tag&*8221; = ON) ===> 209200 (in milliseconds, converts to 3:29.200 = same value in Debug file contents shown below.)

What follows is the contents of the Music Converter Debug file:

Music Converter Debug File after conversion of one CD track

(C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp\DBG1D5.tmp.TXT)
Using SCSI PassThrough [clCDDA::SetCommunication]
->-> [frmMain::RefreshTrackListing]
Quitting Meta Thread: Quit
->-> [clCDDA::ReturnDriveList]
<-<- [clCDDA::ReturnDriveList]
->-> [clCDDA::ReadTOC]
LBA FirstIndex: 1 last Index: 17
Type: Audio Track 1 LBA Address: 0 Length: 00:02:53.506
Type: Audio Track 2 LBA Address: 13013 Length: 00:07:30.134
Type: Audio Track 3 LBA Address: 46773 Length: 00:03:53.533
Type: Audio Track 4 LBA Address: 64288 Length: 00:03:29.200
Type: Audio Track 5 LBA Address: 79978 Length: 00:01:31.560
Type: Audio Track 6 LBA Address: 86845 Length: 00:03:27.040
Type: Audio Track 7 LBA Address: 102373 Length: 00:03:42.693
Type: Audio Track 8 LBA Address: 119075 Length: 00:04:07.240
Type: Audio Track 9 LBA Address: 137618 Length: 00:02:53.894
Type: Audio Track 10 LBA Address: 150660 Length: 00:05:41.106
Type: Audio Track 11 LBA Address: 176243 Length: 00:03:02.227
Type: Audio Track 12 LBA Address: 189910 Length: 00:03:38.840
Type: Audio Track 13 LBA Address: 206323 Length: 00:03:55.360
Type: Audio Track 14 LBA Address: 223975 Length: 00:04:36.907
Type: Audio Track 15 LBA Address: 244743 Length: 00:03:45.133
Type: Audio Track 16 LBA Address: 261628 Length: 00:01:42.667
Type: Audio Track 17 LBA Address: 269328 Length: 00:02:51.066
Type: Lead Out LBA Address: 282158
MSF FirstIndex: 1 last Index: 17
Type: Audio Track 1 MSF: 0/2/0 Length: 00:02:53.506
Type: Audio Track 2 MSF: 2/55/38 Length: 00:07:30.134
Type: Audio Track 3 MSF: 10/25/48 Length: 00:03:53.533
Type: Audio Track 4 MSF: 14/19/13 Length: 00:03:29.200
Type: Audio Track 5 MSF: 17/48/28 Length: 00:01:31.560
Type: Audio Track 6 MSF: 19/19/70 Length: 00:03:27.040
Type: Audio Track 7 MSF: 22/46/73 Length: 00:03:42.693
Type: Audio Track 8 MSF: 26/29/50 Length: 00:04:07.240
Type: Audio Track 9 MSF: 30/36/68 Length: 00:02:53.894
Type: Audio Track 10 MSF: 33/30/60 Length: 00:05:41.106
Type: Audio Track 11 MSF: 39/11/68 Length: 00:03:02.227
Type: Audio Track 12 MSF: 42/14/10 Length: 00:03:38.840
Type: Audio Track 13 MSF: 45/52/73 Length: 00:03:55.360
Type: Audio Track 14 MSF: 49/48/25 Length: 00:04:36.907
Type: Audio Track 15 MSF: 54/25/18 Length: 00:03:45.133
Type: Audio Track 16 MSF: 58/10/28 Length: 00:01:42.667
Type: Audio Track 17 MSF: 59/53/3 Length: 00:02:51.066
Type: Lead Out MSF: 62/44/8
<-<- [clCDDA::ReadTOC]
->-> [frmMain::GetMeta]
->-> [clMetaData::GetMetaData]
->-> [clMetadBCache::GetMetaData]
<-<- [clMetadBCache::GetMetaData]
<-<- [clMetaData::GetMetaData]
->-> [frmMain::MetaDataGot]
Meta Final Pass
<-<- [frmMain::MetaDataGot]
<-<- [frmMain::GetMeta]
<-<- [frmMain::RefreshTrackListing]
dBpoweramp Release 12.4 Digital Audio Extraction Log from February 4, 2008 10:08 PM

Drive & Settings
----------------

Ripping with drive 'G: [PLEXTOR - DVDR PX-760A ]', Drive offset: 30, Overread Lead-in/out: No
AccurateRip: Active, Using C2: Yes, Cache: None, FUA Cache Invalidate: Yes
Pass 1 Drive Speed: Max, Pass 2 Drive Speed: Max
Ultra:: Vary Drive Speed: Yes, Min Passes: 1, Max Passes: 3, Finish After Clean Passes: 1
Bad Sector Re-rip:: Drive Speed: Max, Maximum Re-reads: 34

Encoder: mp3 (Lame) -V 4

Extraction Log
--------------
Ripping Method: Burst
->-> [clRipperBurst::Init]
Using SCSI PassThrough [clCDDA::SetCommunication]
->-> [clCDDA::SetDriveSpeed]
<-<- [clCDDA::SetDriveSpeed]
->-> [clCDDA::SetDriveSpinDownTime]
<-<- [clCDDA::SetDriveSpinDownTime]
<-<- [clRipperBurst::Init]
->-> [clCDDA::Destroy]
<-<- [clCDDA::Destroy]
->-> [clCPUEncoder::WriteAccRipCRCTags]
->-> [cldBCodecHandler::FindDecoder]
Checking Decoder 'C:\Program Files\dBpoweramp\decoder\mp3.dll' for extension '.mp3'
Decodes [clDecoder::Get]
<<< Match, using decoder
Using Registry Cached Decoder: C:\Program Files\dBpoweramp\decoder\mp3.dll
<-<- [cldBCodecHandler::FindDecoder]
IDTags [clDecoder::Set]
->-> [clDecoder::WriteIDTags]
Opening file 'E:\Temp-CD-RIP\T1\Alex Komodore &*8211; Koyunbaba, Suite (Op. 19), Moderato (1994) (10.15.02).mp3' for write access: Opened
<-<- [clDecoder::WriteIDTags]
<-<- [clCPUEncoder::WriteAccRipCRCTags]